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Martin Maat
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Why do we use the symbols 0 &and 1 ? Whyn't anything elsefor two-state logic?

Why machine language is written in binary? We know a regular computer understandbasically only On and Offknows two states and that we are taking 1 andname these states 0 as on and off 1 respectively. SO is that possibleThis seems arbitrary, if I take On and Off aswe could name them "a" and "b"? Or, or even 3 and 4? I mean, why only. Is there a reason for the convention of naming them 0 and 1? Why noty anything else  ?

Why 0 & 1 ? Whyn't anything else?

Why machine language is written in binary? We know computer understand only On and Off and we are taking 1 and 0 as on and off . SO is that possible, if I take On and Off as "a" and "b"? Or 3 and 4? I mean, why only 0 and 1? Why noty anything else?

Why do we use the symbols 0 and 1 for two-state logic?

We know a regular computer basically only knows two states and that we name these states 0 and 1 respectively. This seems arbitrary, we could name them "a" and "b", or even 3 and 4. Is there a reason for the convention of naming them 0 and 1  ?

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Mehedi Hasan Shifat
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Why 0 & 1 ? Whyn't anything else?

Why machine language is written in binary? We know computer understand only On and Off and we are taking 1 and 0 as on and off . SO is that possible, if I take On and Off as "a" and "b"? Or 3 and 4? I mean, why only 0 and 1? Why noty anything else?